The ROK is the current incarnation of the Presso espresso maker. It has a variety of improvements over the old Presso:

- 35% stronger (claimed) tensile strength in the aluminum used throughout.- beefier lever arms (some arms have snapped in the past, including the original one I bought in 2005)- retooled and slightly redesigned water chamber / gasket / plunger area for better seals and longer wear- base is chromium plated- rubber feet added to base.- better polish and finish on the aluminum (that is definitely true)

The ROK is the current incarnation of the Presso espresso maker. It has a variety of improvements over the old Presso:

- 35% stronger (claimed) tensile strength in the aluminum used throughout.- beefier lever arms (some arms have snapped in the past, including the original one I bought in 2005)- retooled and slightly redesigned water chamber / gasket / plunger area for better seals and longer wear- base is chromium plated- rubber feet added to base.- better polish and finish on the aluminum (that is definitely true)

Mark, an old review of the "Presso" mentioned what Jim Schulman called a "fatal" problem. It had to do with a lot of air caught between the piston and screen, I believe. This made for a lot of non-crema air bubbles.Please let us know if this flaw has now been corrected.Also, I'd love to see a comparative thread of the Rok, and the several other new and inventive ultra manual devices like the Rok. Several are at the end of their "Kickstarter" phase.

My husband and I love our ROK, now sold in the US and available on Amazon or Importika. I have a graveyard of espresso machines with dead pumps, the ROK is great, not much to go wrong. I produce delicious espresso. My sons can get a great crema.

Yeah, it's not the greatest around here. We were down in the quarter and got an espresso for 6 bucks a shot that tasted like dirty dishwater! Not a coffee ship, one of the upscale eateries, but still :(

I have a handpresso wild hybrid too, it puts the fun in espresso, such a cool little gadget.

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